By Dana Borowka, MA – Excerpt from the book, Cracking the Business Code During the next ten, twenty, and thirty years, finding qualified sales and customer service people is going to get more difficult, thanks to a shrinking workforce and a maturing population. Therefore, retention of your top people is more important than ever. Attracting […]
By Dana Borowka Don’t you hate it when this happens? Most business execs face situations where they thought someone in their employ would do something and it turns out they either forgot, ignored you or did the wrong thing. All of these issues are a result of not closing the loop. Business leaders struggle to […]
By Dana Borowka, MA & Bruce Heller, Ph.D. – Excerpt from the book, Cracking the Business Code Watch your words: they become your thoughts. Watch your thoughts: they become your actions. Watch your actions: they become your habits. Watch your habits: they become your destiny. — Frank Outlaw Organizations are in need of leaders at […]
By Dana Borowka – excerpt from Cracking the Personality Code As a manager, you must deal with a wide range of personalities. Thanks to proper hiring assessments, most of your direct reports should be productive and reasonable workers. But what about those who slip through the process, employees you inherit, or co-workers who are extremely […]
By Paul David Walker – Excerpt from: Invent Your Future Starting With Your Calling We recently did our monthly Open Line web conference on the topic of Preparing Your Thought For The Day. We had so much interest, not only domestically but also globally, that we thought that we would include the audio for this […]
By Dana Borowka, MA – Excerpt from the book, Cracking the Business Code We often get inquiries from companies wanting to know what it takes to manage up and manage down in order to: • Improve relationships, communications, efficiency, and productivity • Raise the bar on reducing waste • Increase the flow of ideas for better work flow […]
By Dana & Ellen Borowka, excerpt from Cracking the Personality Code “Watch your words: they become your thoughts. Watch your thoughts: they become your actions. Watch your actions: they become your habits. Watch your habits: they become your destiny.” ∼ Frank Outlaw Personality tests not only help when hiring, they just might be a manager’s […]
By Dan Kravitz From the boardroom bunkers to the cubicle trenches, competition to hire the best and brightest is increasingly intense. McKinsey & Company’s recent CEO briefing report, “Talent Tensions Ahead” projected a hiring gap as high as 11 percent of demand for staff with advanced degrees by 2020. Moreover, in our competitive global economy, […]
By Boaz Rauchwerger In my nearly 30-year career as a professional speaker, with many events for groups of CEOs throughout North America, I’ve noticed that there’s something different about companies that achieve great success. ATTITUDE It all comes down to ATTITUDE. The culture of highly successful companies exemplifies an above-average can-do attitude that makes them […]